Tailor&#39;s goose or sadiron



May 13, 1924.` 1,494,113

L. HOFFMAN TAILORS GOOSE OR`SADIRON Filed May 9, 1919 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 13 1924.

L HOFFMAN TAILORS GOOSE 0R SADIRON Filed May 9, 1919 3 Sheets-SheetAZ May 13 1924. 1,494,113

L. HOFFMAN TAILORS GOOSE OR SADIRON Filed may 9. 1919 s sheets-sheet 5 Patented Maly/ 13, 1924.

MTI-:D sierrasv PATENT o 1,494,113 mee.-

' LOUIS HFFMN, 0F DULUTH, MINNESOTA, 'ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, '.lO STEAM'. PRESSING IRON COMPANY, A CORPQRATIO'N QF DELAWARE.

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To all 'whom t may concern.'

'-Be it known'that I, LouisA HOFFMAN, a citizen of the United States, residin at Duluth, in the Acounty of St. Louis and tatel e of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tailors Gooses or Sadirons,v of which the following is a speclfication. i My invention relates tora tailors'goose or sad iron, and more especially to an implement ofthe type adapted 'to apply moisture to the goods or garment during the operation of pressing the same. l

One of the objects of the invention is to provide novel means forl controlling the application of moistureto the goods of garment during the pressing operationv `for which'the limplement is used. The invention has for further objects to improve and simplify the construction of lat-irons or sad'irons of the self heated, moistening type.

The invention is illustrated, in a preferred embodiment, in the accompanying drawings, wherein ,d

Fig. 1 is a plan .view of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. '1.` Figs. 3 and 4 areplan sections takenpon lines 3 3 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. 2. 30 Fig. 5 is a vertical section or line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

-Figs. 6 and 7 are vertical sections on lines 6 6 and 7 7, respectively, of Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional plan on 'line 8 8 of Fig. 2.'

Like characters of reference'designate like parts in the several gures of the drawings.

The bodyof the iron is, as stated, preferabl made of aluminum (the use of this meta -notbeing claimed herein as it is claimed in my copending application Serial No. v343,409, filed- Dec. 8, 1919), and in the particular construction shown is composed of three parts or sections, a base section 25, an intermediate section 26 and a top section 27 rlhese three vsections are fastened together by a screw bolt 28 at the forward end of the iron and two bolts 29 at thel rear end of the implement (Fig. 6)., The intermediate section is a shell providing a chamber 30 for a heating element, the latter consisting preferably of a gas burner com-- posed of two pipes 31 having burner perforations 32 on their under surfaces (Fig. 8),

5 the pipes being 4fixed in a web 33 at the back 1919A. Serial No. 295,867.

of the base member- 25. The web is -formed with a gas port 34 (Figs.j2, 6 and 8) -supplied with gas by a pipe .35 screwed into the web, pipe 35 being provided with a shutolf cock 36 and with a nipple for a iexible tube (not shown). The intermediate member 26 and base member 25 are provided at their meeting edges 'with vopenings 38 to admit air to the burner chamber, the web 33 just referred to being preferablyformed with an opening 39 for the same purpose. The A products of combustion escape `through openings 40 at the to of the intermediate section (Figs. 2 and 7 The 'handle 41 of the iron is preferably made of wood and is fastened by a bolt 42 to upright 43, 44 on a plate 45 secured to the top member 27 of the body by screws 46, a layer 47 of heat insulating material .bemg preferably interposed between the plate and the upper body member 27. The plate 45 and its uprights43 and 44 are preferably made of aluminum... The top member 27 is formed on the right hand side of the iron with an'overhanging projection 48 whlchv acts to deflect the hot gases issuing .from the openings 40 on this side of the iron, thereby protecting the hand of the operator. The other side of the iron does not re uire this protective feature.

he upper section 27 of the body is cored out to form a duct 49 (Fig. 3) and above the opposite'extremities of the duct is disposed a valve chamber 50, preferably cast integral with the upper section 27, and. formed with a `ort 51 leading to one end of said duct 49. T e base member 25 is cored out to provide c a distributin space 53 (Figs. 2 and 4), the portions of t e casting above and below this space being united preferably by webs 54 which serve to transmit heatv from the upper ortion of the casting to the lower portion.

inute perforations 55shown as considerably exaggerated in the drawings, extend from space 53 through the ironing face of 100 the iron. A pipe 56 connects one end of duct 49 in the upper section 27 with the distributing space 53 inthe basemember 25. A pipe 57 having a nipple 58 for a hose connection leads tothe valve casin valve chamber 50 is provided with a valve 78 for closing the port 51,` the lower end of the valve bein provided with screwthreads engaging a nlpple 79 providing a suitable 50. The 195 the gland by a nut 81. An operating lever 82 has a threaded engagement with the upper end of the valve in order that the lever ma be adjusted 'to any desired position wit relation to the handle 41 of the iron. By screwing the lock nut 83 down against the operating lever 82 the lever may be locked in the desired adjusted position. The valve 7 8 is moved to close the port 5l by an outward movement of the lever with relation to the handle 41. Under certain conditions it is desirable that the valve 78 stand open a trilie for sometime, in which event the lever 82 may be moved toward the han*- dle 41 to the desired position. The frictional engagement between the valve and the packing gland will be suliicient to hold the valve in any desired position.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a body having a perforated ironing face and having a passageway leading to the perforations, a handle on said body, a valve for controlling the flow of'moistening fluid through said passageway, and a lever for operating saidvalve, said lever being mounted adjustably with respect to the valve for adjustment towards and from said handle independently of any operationy of the valve.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a three-partl body comprisin a base section casting cored out for pro-v section casting corded out for providing an elongated duct leadin the lengthof the section at opposite sides thereof, and an intermediate section in the form of a shell adapted with said irstnamed two sections to provide a heating chamber, a heating element in said heating chamber below said duct, means providing a communicating passageway between said distributing. space and one end portion of said duct; means for conducting moistening fluid to theo posite end portion of said duct, and a vaiire for controlling the inliow of'moistening luid to said duct.

3. A sad iron comprising a body having a distributing chamber therein with openings from the chamber to the face of the iron, a handle on said bod a valve having threaded engao'ement wit a fixed element of the iron an adapted upon rotary' movement to be moved into and out ofoperative position for shuttin off the flow of iiuid to said distributing camber, anda lever mounted on said valve adapted by a swinging movement toward and from saidhandle at one side thereof to give said valve an operativel rotary movement.

LOUIS HOFFMAN.

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